Strategic Thinking

Course Bandwidth:

Medium

Brief Description:

Practical advice for managers in charge of shaping and executing organizational strategy. Includes tips for analyzing opportunities, challenges, and the potential consequences of high-level action plans. Addresses identification of broad patterns and trends, creative thinking, analysis of complex information, and prioritization of actions.

Course Details:

Rating:

Average: 4.2 (57 votes)

Language of Course:

English

Provider:

Harvard

Competency:

Drive Change and Innovation

Influence Decisions and Actions

Plan and Organize

Size Up Situations

Course Category:

Leadership skills

Time To Complete:

120 minutes

Target Audience:

All Managers

Skills:

Understand what strategic thinking is and why it's valuable

Recognize the personal traits, behaviors and attitudes, and cognitive capacities that strategic thinkers demonstrate

View strategic thinking as a process

Apply seven strategic thinking skills- seeing the big picture; clarifying strategic objectives; identifying relationships, patterns, and trends; thinking creatively; analyzing information; prioritizing your actions; and making trade-offs